18 parties and 8 coalitions submitted documents to take part in April 2 snap elections

A total of 18 parties and 8 coalitions have submitted documents at the Central Election Commission to take part in the April 2 early parliamentary elections. The deadline for submission of documents was 17:00, today, February 15, 2023.

The lists submitted by the parties and coalitions are to be checked. After that, the final number of participants in the next elections will become clear.

The parties are yet to rank their lists of candidates for MPs.

On 1 March, Bulgaria's Central Election Commission will hold a draw to determine the order in which the parties and coalitions will appear on the ballot paper.

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Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev set April 2 as the date for the country's fifth parliamentary election within two years after October 2, 2022 polls failed to produce a working government.